Senior Services Programs
Foster Independence
For many older adults, their greatest desire is to remain independent, preferably staying in their own, familiar homes. Senior Services’ independence programs like Transportation, Meals on Wheels and Minor Home Repair allow elders to be as independent as possible by providing necessary support services.
Promote Health & Wellness
Physical fitness, a healthy diet, socializing, and staying engaged are important to positive aging. Senior Services’ Health & Wellness programs ensure that seniors have the exercise classes, dining programs, and a variety of activities. Our seven senior centers are the hubs for these programs and strongly supported by the communities around them.
Information & Advocacy
Senior Services knows that good information is critical, often difficult to find, and sometimes hard to interpret without a counselor/advocate. That is why we have created some of the most comprehensive information and advocacy programs in King County. Our programs address the complex needs and challenges related to health concerns, economic issues, and general well-being of seniors, their families and caregivers in our area.
Recent Successes and Current Challenges
Our community thrives because seniors and their caregivers who receive help cannot only themselves lead improved lives, but they can often help others. Increasingly we are not satisfied with improving just one life at a time, but, rather, we seek to engage the entire community in the aging enterprise. Our Aging Your Way Initiative seeks to involve many more players with a stake in population aging—on a neighborhood basis.
Senior Services greatest need is additional financial resources to keep up with the dramatic rise in the numbers of seniors and their caregivers needing our support and services.
By 2025, the number of seniors in King County will double, representing 23 percent of King County's total population. In addition, the number of seniors living in poverty will more than double at that time.